Patrick O'meara

Auckland suburban and fringe city districts are suffering a shortage of office space as companies widen their hunt for premises they can't find in the central city. Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

The Reserve Bank will give the first of it twice-yearly verdicts on the health of the financial system this morning.our economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara, expects the central bank reiterate the… Audio

A new study has found workers who are made redundant experience a significant and lingering hit in earnings and job prospects. Income is a third lower in the first year than those still working, and… Audio

Our political editor, Jane Patterson and our economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara unpick the budget. Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

Sonya Rockhouse, whose son Benjamin died in the Pike River Mine disaster says she's feeling really positive with the release of new footage of the mine's drift, which she says proves the mine is safe… Audio

Microbiologists are warning there could be thousands of cases of a dangerous potentially lethal superbug infection every year if action isn't taken immediately. Dr Joshua Freeman, a clinical… Audio

The Chief of the Air Force says despite the effective grounding of all its NH 90 helicopters the aircraft are not duds. The airforce has stopped all flights to areas where emergency landings are not… Audio

NIWA meteorologist Chris Brandolino says we're going to see a repeat of last week's rainfall and can expect impact from flooding and slips across the North Island and upper South Island. "Whakatane… Audio

Warning more Aucklanders face winter without homes, MSD responds to warning of more homeless Auckland families, First distinctively NZ comic voice - John Clarke in his own words, 'He had that… Audio

A big drop in pay, working hours and job quality. A new OECD report finds people who find work after they're laid off are considerably worse off. Audio

A town in the Bay of Plenty is cut off, without power and people are trapped in their cars due to rising floodwaters. A relieved Whanganui mayor Hamish McDouall says the river hasn't reached the… Audio

Reserve Bank figures show loans to landlords slumped by a third to $1.15 billion in February compared with a year ago, as our economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara reports. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Homeowners are being warned mortgage rates are likely to rise further after the Reserve Bank today kept the official cash rate at 1.75 percent. Audio

The Reserve Bank reviews interest rates this morning. Economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara explains why analysts are ruling out a cut. Audio

A judge has told Child Youth and Family it put a Wellington toddler at unacceptable further risk by giving misleading information about her father to the Family Court. An 'extraordinary week' in… Audio